When I was young I knew everything
and she a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no

can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever died for these sins
We were merely freshmen

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept and
Now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says

I can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say

I can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen

For the life of me I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever died for these sins
We were merely freshmen
We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen






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    this is a pretty sweet song. i'm not going to be the stereotypical idiot that says "oh i'm surprised that no ones commented on this song yet". its a good one. i personally think its about stupid choices little kids make when they get to high school because, i mean its high school. its their first year at a new building and their last stop before they go away to college.the first and thrid stanza are about the same two people. how she had a kid or abortion. the fourth ones about the same thing, only the girl ended up ODing and dying. then he thinks about it and crys because he never really caredd for her. thats just my take on it

    jakev287on April 01, 2007   Link

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